THROUGH EFFORTS OF
SENATOR CLARKE HOMESTEADERS ARE ALLOWED TO BETAIN THEIR FARMS

TRACTS FROM 25 TO
154 ACRES

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LITTLE ROCK , NOV.
27, STATE LAND COMMISSIONER L. L. COFFMAN HAS RECEIVED FROM THE
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE THE OFFICIAL PLAT OF CANE ISLAND ,
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY , ARKANSAS. IT IS NOW ON FILE IN HIS OFFICE. THE
LAST SESSION OF CONGRESS PASSED AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
SETTLERS ON THIS ISLAND , AT THE REQUEST OF SENATOR J.P. CLARKE.
THIS ISLAND CONTAINS 2,162 ACRES AND IS SOME OF THE RICHEST LAND
IN THE STATE.

IT WAS SETTLED BY
FARMERS OF THAT SECTION WHO HAVE MADE IT VERY VALUABLE . AS IT
WAS STILL GOVERMENT LAND SENATOR CLARKE INTRODUCED HIS BILL WHICH
GIVES THEM THE RIGHT TO HOMESTEAD 160 ACRES , AND THE TIME THEY
HAVE HELD THE PROPERTY IS ALLOWED SO IMMEDIATE TITLE IS GIVEN.
THIS LAND IS ON THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER AND A SLOUGH CUTS IT OFF
FROM THE MAINLAND ON THE EAST . IT IS DESCRIBED AS A PART OF
TOWNSHIP 14 N. R. 6 E.

THE CLAIMANTS HAVE
SETTLED THIS ISLAND THICKLY AND THEIR CLAIMS WERE NOT MADE
ACCORDING TO SECTION LINES BUT BY THE OLD SPANISH GRANT SYSTEM BY
WHICH EACH LAND OWNER CLAIMED HIS LAND ACCORDING TO THE WAY HIS
FENCES RAN. THE TRACTS CLAIMED RUN FROM 25 TO 154 ACRES . SOME OF
THOSE WHO WILL PROVE UP UNDER THE HOMESTEAD ACT HAVE RESIDED ON
THE FARM FOR MANY YEARS.